New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-26
STRUCK DOWN BY A POLICEMAN.
APPARENTLY NO CAUSE FOR AN ASSAULT

THE VICTIM WILL PROBABLY DIE-UNENvIABLE
RECORD OF THE OFFICER.
seemingly unprovoked assault upon man bv Police
man Martin Fay Of the Nineteenth Precinct will PROB
ably end in the arrest Of Fay for murder as
his victim Is liable to die at any moment from
his injuries Daniel Kern, . Wholesale liquor dealer
has store at No 2Ol West Twenty ninth-st. on the
northwest corner of Seventh and lives in the adoin-
ing house No 2O3 West Twenty ninthst. He was stand
ing in front OF his house between and o'clock Sunday
morning and about TO enter when he was naiied
by Policeman Fay, who had como down seyenth-aye to
Twenty-nnthst seventhave. s the dividing line OF the
Nineteenth and Twentieth Precincts and Fay
crossed the street into the Twentieh PRECINCT where
Kern was standing.
Francis schumann. the night watchman for Fr. Beck
Co.. tho wall paper manufacturers, at Twenty.ninth-
St and Seventhave., was sitting In ront Oh
the factory and the policeman leave
his precinct and wondered at It According to the state
ment OF schumann. who is trustworthy man. Fay stood
talking with them for about five minutes. The voices
were low and he could hear what was said Then
Fay who did of tho talking. said In louder voice
"what did you do that forP
~ did not do 1t at ALL" Kern replied
"You did do IL, chr said Fay In
threatening tone. There was moment OF Sill
ence and Fay suddenly drew back and struck Kern
violent blow the point OF the chin Kern fell as II
dead At his assailanrs feet Kern weighs over zoo
PROSTATE II expecting him to rise. so that ne
could strike him but AS he did not stir ne walked
n few feet away aud stood glarnT at him
schumann crossed the street and spoke 70 ray, wuo
mumbled something In surly tone Policemen oonau
aud Lawrence, Of the Twentieth Precinct, hear
ing the voices and secing Kern fal
| calne up quickly and wanted 10 Know
what was the matter Fay crossed over 70 MS
precinct and said nothing Schumann aud the two ON.
GERS carried Kern into his house he hardly breanea
ami seemed to be dying Dr. Fruitman: OF NO lol west
Fifty.seventh-st, was sent for, and also priest
When Dr. Fruitmsn arrived he did what he could Ior
Kern aud for three other physicians ana consuts
top was held. careful examination did not snow any
table Of skull may be fraotured In the opinion OF
doctors Kern suffering from an unusually severe
conclusion OF the brain and would probably dIe .
Neither Officer Crohan nor Lawrence reported tne case
to the Twentieth Precinct Station IL was said tnsro
last evening the WAS not reported was be-
cause they thought that Kern had ut: Kern several
| months ago fought three burglars In MS
house single handed; he was INJURED anu mas
not been we'll since and IL was thought by the olecrs
tst his condition due this Fay did not report
hing about the the Nineteenth Precinct put
IL is said that he Dragged yesterday TO several oroner
officers about knocking out man on "ehsy-hhtns@
| OIL sunday. MI, us
quarters last evening and In whose precinct Gay be-
longs when spoken about tho case as nrst reusea 70
say auythng about It, but when ne learned what tue
said that Fay yesterday came 10 MIN
and said that had struck man In Twenty
Fay has been several precincts during the time ne
has been a policeman and 1t Ia said that ne VIII uso
hls fist or club without provocation. He is DOT
because OF his vicious temper ana brutal insuncts'
Charges will be preferred to-day against him to superin
tendent Murray. and he will probably be dismissed 81
once from the force